Daily Republican., 1887-08-10
Philadelphia LENS,

Philadelphia I.ems.
PHILADELPHIA, August, 9.-At half
pact o yesterday morning Constab
David o. Hunter, of Camden, found thu
irightfully muti.ated body OF q man lyint
on the West Jersey Railroad track below
the Ferry avenue crossing, Camden. Tn,
head was severed from the body, the arm!
cut on and the features crushed into az
uurecognizable mass. The man had beer
struck near the Central avenue CROSSING
ana carried for nearly 500 feet down th,
track. Portions of the body were found
scattered along the way. The corpse wal
taKen to the Morgue, ard later In the day
identified by the clothing as that o.
Richard Derry, q years old, who lived
with hi, father, John Derry, q saloon
keeper at Sixth and vanhovk streets.
Inc deceased was las seen Sunday
night in James Ross saloon, at Gluuces
ter City, In company with John Sturgis
Oh camden. They were drinking to
gether and started to walk up to Cauder
about midnight. 1t Is supposed that
Derry was struck by q south. .bounG
freight train. Frask Ellis. watchman Al
factory at Jefferson avenue, says he cav
the men walking up the track. They
were making violent gesture, and seemed
TO be quarrt ling After 2. while one mar
walked away and he did aoi see what had
become of the other.
County Physician Gross thinks there
may have been foul play. He made post
morten examination of the body yester.
day and ordered Coroner Doris to hold
an inquest Sturgis, who was under The
influence OF liquor, could give no intelli
gent account of the accident.
Dissolute Lizzie McDermott, sick, friend
less, and unfortunate, tried to end hel
miserable existence for the fifth time lasI
night at the Third dis rlct station house
Ihe woman has had checkere6 life
She is about 30 ) ears of age, and has nc
home. She sleeps In station houses and
cneap 10 Iging houses, and has frequently
been picked up drunk on the street
Twice before she hes tried 10 hang her
sell in the cell at the station house, but
has been discovered and her life saved
Twice has she leapcd into the Delaware
river from South street wharf, but each
time friendly hands dragged her from the
water
Last evening the woman was seized
with drunken fit, at Fourth and Spruce
STREETS, ami rolled into the gutter. An
officer took her to the station house
and she was locked up in a cell. An
hour later Sergcants Malatesta anu Hill
iery heard gasping SCUM, and they
went back and iouud thswoman suspend.
ed from the cell door with stocking
around her neck. They cut her down and
sent for a physician. She was cIcous.
cious, but was brought back to life after
an hours hard work. She was sent to
the Philadelphia Hospital In an ambu.
lance. The physicians there say she will
undoubtedly recover.
Barclay Peak, tho murderer of Mary
Anderson, waits patiently for the decision
OF the Supreme Court that will decide
whether the jury did right in convicting
him OF the murder of his pretty cousin, or
whether he shall have one more chance
for life. He spends his time in the Mount
Holly jail reading the books and papers
that are furnished by the kind hearted
warden, and gives his keepers no trouble.
They say he is one of the best prisoners
ever In the jail and is quiet and cheerful.
Since Judge Parker pronounced the
death sentence on the lad no visitors have
been admitted TO the jail except the i'm
mediate family. Every day one of these
spends several hours in the jail and helps
to keep his spirits up. Yesterday his
mother called Oh him and left a large
bouquet on the little table In his cell.
While all his friends say that the chances
are against the upper court reversing the
death sentence, they are not without
hope. Barclay adheres to his former
statements and protests his innocence
Warden Taylor and his wife bestow every
attention on the prisoner possible. Bar
clay is fed from the keepers private table
and receives many little delicacies pre-.
pared by the deft hands of Mrs. Taylor.
Under their generous treatment he has
gained considerable flesh and was 1t not
/ for the pallor so common to all prisoners
no one would suspect that he was a con
vict under the ntence of death.
Mrs. Brown Is proprietress of board.
ing house oD Spruce street above Fifth,
and until within few weeks numbered
among her bosrders several medical stu.
dents. Yesterday Mrs. Brown had her
cellar cleaned up, and among other
things which were brought to light was a
box which had once done duty in the
transportation of sundry bars of soap.
Mrs. Brown ordered one of the girls to
break it up and throw it with tine kind.
ling-wooi, but when the top was remov-
ed it was found to contain a complete
human skeleton, with the exception of
the skull One glance was sufficient to
drive the girl screaming up stairs. The
police were notified, and sp cial officer
Alexander was sent to investigate. He
concluded the bones belonged to the for
mer boarGeis in the house. They were
turned over to the Coroner to be d.sposed
| of.
Charles Early, six-years-old, of
Somer's place, is lying in the Presby
terrain Hospital suffering from a severe
scalding received at the hands of q young
girl who was employed in the family of
Mrs John Gibson, Thirty SIKH and Chest
nut streets. The girl was arrested yester
day, but refus ed to give her name. She
said the boy was annoyin ing her, and she
threw the water to frighen him away.
She was committed for further hearing.
The remains of Mrs. James 2. Scott,
who died In London on July Goth, arrived
yesterday on the British King. Her death
was caused, 1t was said, "by using chlo-
rLl as an anodyne whilst the action of the
heart was in weakened condition from
over exertion and heat"
Warren Jones and William Mills were
committed without bail yesterday en- the
charge OF kicking and beating Mrs. Ru.
dolph Weber, wife of tavern keeper.
The woman is said to be in dangerous
condition.
John McGarvey, aged so years, died
yesterday from injuries supposed to have
been received by being struck by a train
on the Philadelphia and Reading Rail-
road, at Germantown.
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